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MAX · Active contributor Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 8

Hi Nev, Hi All

if there is an upcoming release soon, may I nag Nev for the "8 x faster searching" mod? Smile

I'd hate to go back to my old way of doing it now but it's still cumbersome and time consuming setting up a new "turbo" search!

One other "Cybernetic entomology element"
I run several searches at the same time, well, all of them on occaision! 10 or fifteen sometimes, other times just a couple..

I sometimes see the error box come up saying
"[can't remember this bit] ...if it continues, please email me"

And with 5 searches running, it's just given me
"Failed to connect to eBay. Perhaps try again later, java.net.socketExcaeption: connection reset"
But two of the searches are still running!

But... there is no way of knowing which search it refers to! Unless I'm having a blonde moment to end all blonde moments(?)

And one final santa claus wish...
Is there a way to trash word or remove from the results Ebay stores and ANYTHING from HONG KONG! tried using the trash word filter but they still sneak through... anyone found a way of removing them from the results or trashing them? I know you can search within distance on the ebay interface (UK) too... is that a way of doing it?

Thanks again Nev for an excellent product.

Kind regards
Max

nev · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:36 am Post subject:

Hi Max,

Good point!
I've just changed the code so it tells you which search is getting the error. Will be available in the next update.

Re the Hong Kong sellers, I have "search within distance" on my feature todo list. It may help but I'm not so sure. I've seen plenty of items where the ebay location is specified as Australia but they say in the description that the item will be shipped from Hong Kong! So dodgy.

Here's something you can try. Create a new sieve. Do "search title and description" but put "hong kong" in words to exclude. Add your search term. Do that search. Then take out the words to exclude, do the search again and "ignore auctions already seen". The list that remains should be those items with hong kong in them. Open them up and check.